How to Install and Uninstall hw-probe Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "hw-probe" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install hw-probe on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                hw-probe
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hw-probe" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall hw-probe on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                hw-probe
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hw-probe package on Kali Linux

Package: hw-probe
Version: 1.6.5-1
Installed-Size: 550
Maintainer: Mathieu Malaterre
Architecture: all
Depends: acpica-tools, curl, dmidecode, hdparm, hwinfo, libdigest-sha-perl, libwww-perl, lm-sensors, lsb-release, mesa-utils, pciutils, perl-base (>= 5), smartmontools, usbutils, perl:any
Recommends: alsa-utils, cpuid, edid-decode, ethtool, fdisk, i2c-tools, iw, mcelog, memtester, pnputils, sysstat, upower, vainfo, vdpauinfo, vulkan-tools, wireless-tools, x11-utils, x11-xserver-utils, xinput
Size: 109100
SHA256: 122041fb0d0542eb27d0d74b338b0b25f89662c1c41af28e785993ca4b111301
SHA1: b81dd80caf0da50093c7811d67f8942f2c244ac4
MD5sum: a878f71c627176fa2bdaf05ec6f2cdc8
Description: Tool to check operability of computer hardware
A tool to check operability of computer hardware and upload result
to the Linux hardware database.
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Probe — is a snapshot of your computer's hardware state and system
logs. The tool returns a permanent URL to view the probe of the
computer.
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The tool is intended to simplify collecting of logs necessary for
investigating hardware related problems. Just ask user to run one
simple command to collect all the system logs at once:
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sudo hw-probe -all -upload
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By creating probes you contribute to the HDD/SSD Real-Life
Reliability Test study: https://github.com/linuxhw/SMART
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/linuxhw/hw-probe
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/hw-probe/hw-probe_1.6.5-1_all.deb